Furness Primary School

Brent · NW10 5YT

General information Primary School · 3-11 years Who goes here 321 pupils, 35.8% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted report card

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Furness Primary School

General Information

Address: Furness Road, Harlesden, London, NW10 5YT – View on map
Phone: 02089655977
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mr David Ansong
Age range: 3-11 years
Furthest place offered from: Not distance-based that year - not oversubscribed in 2026, places were available From the council's own Sept 2026 admissions data - not a fixed catchment boundary, and no guarantee for future years, since it shifts with demand each year.
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 22 families put it first for 28 places – 8 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 3 of the 28 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 5 · 2025 9 · 2026 8
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

321 pupils out of 545 places Plenty of room

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 111
% eligible for free school meals: 35.8%
Pupil mix: 7 in 10 (similar to the Brent average)
English as an additional language: 84% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 19% a year (Brent 20.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 38% moved to another school, 62% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Across Brent: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 8 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
Suspensions for bullying: 9 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state primary schools in Brent, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 4.6%
Persistently absent pupils: 11.3%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 22.7%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.5%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 34 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 17 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 13 pupils
Other difficulty or disability: 7 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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SafeguardingSafeguarding (parent rating)How parents rate the school on keeping children safe - how safe their child feels, and how well concerns are listened to and acted on. It's parents' experience, not an inspection result; Ofsted checks safeguarding separately.

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Educational Attainment

Ofsted report card January 2026

Ofsted's new report cards grade each part of school life separately, instead of giving one overall word.

Safeguarding Met
Inclusion Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching Expected standard
Achievement Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing Strong standard
Early years Expected standard
Leadership and governance Expected standard

Before this, under the old system, Ofsted rated the school Good (2021). The report card above replaces that grade.

How Ofsted report cards work

Since November 2025, Ofsted grades each area of a school on its own five-point scale, and no longer gives a single word like “Good” or “Outstanding”. Safeguarding (keeping children safe) is simply met or not met.

Exceptional The very best practice nationally
Strong standard Above what Ofsted expects
Expected standard What Ofsted expects of every school
Needs attention Some weaknesses the school needs to fix
Urgent improvement Serious weaknesses needing urgent action

“Expected standard” is a sound result – it's what Ofsted expects a good school to do. Report cards aren't directly comparable with the old single grades, which is why we don't turn them into one.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 43% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 28 percentage points below the Brent average (71%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 53% against an expected 55%)
3-year average (expected standard): 53%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 60% · Writing 45% · Maths 64% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 71%
Average test scores: reading 105, maths 105
Based on: 42 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

SATs results over time

This schoolBrent averageEngland↘ Falling Down 22 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 28 percentage points below the Brent average (71%).

Year 6 SATs: 53rd of 54 junior and primary schools in the area

=51Roe Green Junior School49%
=51The Stonebridge School49%
#53Furness Primary School43%
#54The Kilburn Park School Foundation37%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1Ark Franklin Primary Academy96%
#2Our Lady of Grace Catholic Junior School93%
=3St Joseph's Catholic Junior School91%
=3St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School91%
#5East Lane Primary School88%
#6Sinai Jewish Primary School86%
#7Princess Frederica CofE Primary School84%
#8Ark Academy82%
#9Park Lane Primary School81%
#10North West London Jewish Day School80%
#11Uxendon Manor Primary School79%
#12Harris Primary Academy South Kenton78%
#13St Robert Southwell Catholic Primary School77%
=14Barham Primary School76%
=14Braintcroft E-ACT Primary Academy76%
=14Gladstone Park Primary School76%
=14Sudbury Primary School76%
=18Islamia Primary School75%
=18Mitchell Brook Primary School75%
=18St Margaret Clitherow RC Primary School75%
=21Beis Yaakov Primary School74%
=21Newfield Primary School74%
=23John Keble CofE Primary School73%
=23Salusbury Primary School73%
=25Preston Manor School72%
=25St Andrew and St Francis CofE Primary School72%
#27Wembley Primary School71%
=28Avigdor Hirsch Torah Temimah Primary School69%
=28Kingsbury Green Primary School69%
=28Mora Primary School69%
=31Anson Primary School68%
=31Christ Church CofE Primary School68%
=31Elsley Primary School68%
=31Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School68%
#35Chalkhill Primary School66%
#36Kilburn Grange School65%
=37Donnington Primary School64%
=37Northview Junior and Infant School64%
=39Oakington Manor Primary School63%
=39Wykeham Primary School63%
=41Harlesden Primary School62%
=41Leopold Primary School62%
=41St Mary's CofE Primary School62%
#44St Mary Magdalen's Catholic Junior School61%
#45Brentfield Primary School58%
#46Preston Park Primary School57%
#47Oliver Goldsmith Primary School54%
#48St Mary's RC Primary School52%
#49Fryent Primary School51%
#50Lyon Park Primary School50%
=51Roe Green Junior School49%
=51The Stonebridge School49%
#53Furness Primary School43%
#54The Kilburn Park School Foundation37%

View full Ofsted inspection report

Financials

Spending per pupil: £7,435 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

32nd of 48 primary schools in Brent for spending per pupil

#30St Andrew and St Francis CofE Primary School£7,572
#31Mora Primary School£7,516
#32Furness Primary School£7,435
#33Preston Park Primary School£7,401
#34Salusbury Primary School£7,385

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1North West London Jewish Day School£11,099
#2Newfield Primary School£10,313
#3Kilburn Grange School£10,054
#4Christ Church CofE Primary School£9,982
#5Donnington Primary School£9,528
#6Leopold Primary School£9,527
#7Northview Junior and Infant School£9,177
#8Fryent Primary School£9,051
#9St Mary's RC Primary School£8,802
#10Malorees Primary School£8,592
#11Oakington Manor Primary School£8,591
#12Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School£8,534
#13John Keble CofE Primary School£8,524
#14Anson Primary School£8,506
#15Kingsbury Green Primary School£8,367
#16Sinai Jewish Primary School£8,132
#17St Margaret Clitherow RC Primary School£8,113
#18Islamia Primary School£8,084
#19Harlesden Primary School£8,032
#20Mitchell Brook Primary School£8,030
#21Chalkhill Primary School£8,009
#22Avigdor Hirsch Torah Temimah Primary School£8,005
#23Wembley Primary School£8,001
#24St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School£7,811
#25Harris Primary Academy South Kenton£7,766
#26Wykeham Primary School£7,750
#27St Mary's CofE Primary School£7,734
#28Brentfield Primary School£7,710
#29Park Lane Primary School£7,664
#30St Andrew and St Francis CofE Primary School£7,572
#31Mora Primary School£7,516
#32Furness Primary School£7,435
#33Preston Park Primary School£7,401
#34Salusbury Primary School£7,385
#35Elsley Primary School£7,375
#36Princess Frederica CofE Primary School£7,237
#37Oliver Goldsmith Primary School£7,210
#38St Robert Southwell Catholic Primary School£7,111
#39Gladstone Park Primary School£7,019
#40The Stonebridge School£6,940
#41Barham Primary School£6,787
#42East Lane Primary School£6,775
#43Lyon Park Primary School£6,753
#44Uxendon Manor Primary School£6,728
#45Sudbury Primary School£6,630
#46Ark Franklin Primary Academy£6,629
#47Braintcroft E-ACT Primary Academy£6,358
#48Beis Yaakov Primary School£5,707

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